According to the Highway Patrol, Octavius Lamar Thompson, 21, did not stop at a stop sign on Blue Creek School Road at Canady Road just outside Jacksonville. Thompson then crashed his 2013 Dodge Challenger into a concrete barrier just before 1 a.m. Saturday, troops said. Investigators estimated that the Challenger was going 50 mph when it wrecked.

According to the Marine Corps, Thompson is a Marine stationed at MCAS Cherry Point. Moore was a Marine based at Camp Pendleton in California. He came to Camp Johnson for instruction and classes, officials said.

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